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Contribution Rates and Benefit Amounts

Find the latest Voluntary Plan (VP) employee contribution and benefit rate. The current and prior year are shown, including how these rates are calculated.

State Disability Insurance

2025 Voluntary Plan Employee Contribution and Benefit Rate
Effective January 1, 2025
Employee Contribution Rate 1.2%
Taxable Wage Ceiling (per employee per year) $NA
Maximum Contribution (per employee per year) $NA
Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount (WBA) $1,681
Maximum Benefit Amount (WBA X 52 weeks) $87,412
Assessment Rate: This figure is the product obtained by multiplying the worker contribution rate by 14% or 1.2% X 14% = 0.00168 per CUIC 3252 (b) 0.00168
2024 Voluntary Plan Employee Contribution and Benefit Rate
Effective January 1, 2024
Employee Contribution Rate 1.1%
Taxable Wage Ceiling (per employee per year) $NA
Maximum Contribution (per employee per year) $NA
Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount (WBA) $1,620
Maximum Benefit Amount (WBA X 52 weeks) $84,240
Assessment Rate: This figure is the product obtained by multiplying the worker contribution rate by 14% or 1.1% X 14% = 0.00154 per CUIC 3252 (b) 0.00154

Definition of Terms

Amount paid by employers to us for administrative costs arising out of Voluntary Plan.

California employees pay mandatory contributions to reimburse the Disability Insurance (DI) Fund for State Disability Insurance (SDI) coverage. The contribution rate is the percentage withheld from the wages of employees who are covered by Disability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL).

The maximum weekly benefit amount multiplied by the 52 weeks of a year.

On January 1, 2024, SB 951 eliminated the Maximum Contribution.

The maximum weekly benefit amount paid to an eligible SDI program recipient.

On January 1, 2024, SB 951 eliminated the Taxable Wage Ceiling.

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